Team BombSquad fighter Pat “Awesomely Awesome” Audinwood (9-0-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has agreed to meet 13-year-veteran Aaron Riley (29-12-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC) on the preliminary card of UFC 119.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the bout, which was first reported by TheGarv.com, has been verbally agreed to, and bout agreements are expected to be finalized shortly.

Audinwood, who was featured in a May edition of MMAjunkie.com’s “Fight Path” series, has been fighting professionally since October 2007. The undefeated lightweight has competed as high as 170 pounds during his career, though his most recent performance was a unanimous decision win over lightweight Robert Conner at April’s “M-1 Selection: Americas” edition.

Audinwood, who was once a training partner of former UFC fighter Tamdan McCrory, is also cousin to three-time WEC veteran John Franchi.

Meanwhile, Riley looks for his first-ever two-fight UFC winning streak after earning a decision win over Joe Brammer at May’s UFC 114 event. After a pair of one-fight stints in the UFC in 2002 and 2006, Riley earned his way back into the organization in 2008.

Riley has gone 3-2 in his current UFC run, alternating wins and losses in each outing.

For more on UFC 119, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
(Pictured: Pat Audinwood)

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